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Jesuit Father Jan Korditschke, who will lead blessings for same-sex couples in Berlin in the upcoming week, poses for a photo at the Canisius Church in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 7, 2021. Germanyâs Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering exactly such blessings at services in about 100 different churches all over the country. The blessings at open worship services are the latest pushback from German Catholics against a document released in March by the Vaticanâs orthodoxy office, which said Catholic clergy cannot bless same-sex unions. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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German Priests, Defying Pope, Offer to Bless Same-Sex Unions
Numerous churches around the nation will hold blessing services in the next few days. May 07 2021 3:16 PM EDT
Numerous Roman Catholic priests in Germany say they’ll conduct blessing services for same-sex couples in the next few days, defying Pope Francis’s directive against such actions.
The church does not perform marriages for same-sex couples, and the Vatican has made clear that priests are not to bless civil unions or other less formal partnerships for them either. God “does not and cannot bless sin,” said a Vatican document released in March with the pope’s approval.